Dominic Fox wrote:
> CALLIGRAPHY
>
> (horse|stability|proletarian) (crescent moon|political economy|elation)
> (maternal bosom|strong liquor|mathematics) (unrest|building|everyone)
> (mid-autumn|reconciliation|votive offering) (oneness|manyness|spilt milk)
>
This belongs to a type of ironic orientalism, probably exemplified by
Borges's Chinese taxonomy, which plays off Western notions of the
supposedly radical strangeness of oriental writing, society, manners
etc.; whether it's racist itself or a send-up of racism is not always
easy to say.
Dominic
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